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  • World Cup Qualifying – Game Day 3 Predictions

    World Cup Qualifying – Game Day 3 Predictions

    The third round of group stage qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup will feature a few interesting matches between sides in direct contention for the top two spots – Belgium playing in Serbia, Denmark in Bulgaria, Ireland hosting Germany, Turkey playing Romania and Russia playing Portugal. England host San Marino in a predicted breezer while Spain travel to Belarus.

  • World Cup Qualifying – UEFA Zone Predictions

    The second day of the qualifying tournament for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil commences, with the world and European champions, Spain, beginning their qualifying campaign in Group I with a travel to Georgia, while England host Ukraine after a 5-0 start to the qualifiers while Italy try to rebound from their disappointing start with a home match against Malta.

  • 2014 World Cup Qualifying – Summary & Results

    2014 World Cup Qualifying – Summary & Results

    The first evening of qualifying matches for the 2014 world cup in Brazil went through without any major surprises, as England cruised to victory in Moldova, France struggled but came away with a win in Finland, Germany had no problems against the Faroe Islands and the Netherlands won a tough one at home against Turkey.

  • 2014 World Cup Qualifiers – European Predictions

    2014 World Cup Qualifiers – European Predictions

    The European qualifiers to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil kick off this weekend, with 25 matches in nine groups. Euro finalists Italy travel to Bulgaria; Germany have an easy start facing the Faroe Islands at home while England travel to Moldova carrying the usual weight of being overrated and high expectations.

  • Euro 2012 – Group Stage Power Rankings

    Who is the best team in Euro 2012? Which group of players has been the most impressive so far? Russia and Croatia should be likely candidates to top the first power rankings of the tournament, being the only sides to win by more than one goal.

  • Champions League Winners, Losers and Suspicions

    Plenty of drama, disappointments and surprised filled the final group stage night of the 2011-2012 Champions League with a tad of conspiracy in mind. Real Madrid did beat Ajax 3-0 in Amsterdam, but the Dutch had two goals disallowed, wrongfully, while Lyon, who needed to win by four goals came from 0-1 behind to beat a 10-man Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 in a tad suspicious fashion.

  • Champions League Round 5 : Best Matches To Watch

    Barcelona travelling to Italy and facing AC Milan promises to be the best of the Champions League group stage matches of round 5, but Napoli – Man City, United – Benfica and Arsenal hosting Dortmund might prove otherwise.

  • 2011-2012 Champions League Group Stage Draw

    The biggest and most popular club tournament in the world is all set. After the qualifying rounds are over, we got the real deal, or the closest thing to it. The 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group stage begins on September 13, with Barcelona defending their title and hoping to be the first team since Milan in 1990 to repeat the title. The two are in the same group by the way.

  • I’m Glad the Group Stage is Over

    It took just over a year of the new Champions League qualifying system (thank you Michel Platini) to make me prefer the Europa League.

  • Match Day 6 – Champions League Groups E-H Goals & Highlights

    Second night of match day six of the UEFA Champions League group stage – all the goals and qualifiers from groups E-H